Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Riquier is over 56.1
Single-parent households make up 4.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Saint-Riquier sits lower than 79% of compared French towns: 5.8%. The town counted 1,279 residents and 520 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 16: that is how common households in social housing are in Saint-Riquier (6.2%).
Throughout this page, the Somme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Riquier
An older town
Half of Saint-Riquier’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Riquier has changed by +2%, slower than 61% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
34% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Riquier 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8% in Saint-Riquier and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Riquier sits below 57% of compared French towns for couples with children (24%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Across Saint-Riquier, 35% of households are one person living alone. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Riquier sits below 86% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.1% (under two years). 3.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 70% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car is 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,970 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €25,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 44% in Saint-Riquier, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
For Saint-Riquier, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. 5.8% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 44% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Riquier
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
1% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 39%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Riquier. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns: 23%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Riquier, 24%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,279 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Riquier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Riquier | 56.1 | 34% | 3.8% | 1.8% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 5.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 10.1 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 10.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 15.4 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 17.2 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 17.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Saint-Riquier
What is the population of Saint-Riquier?
1,279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,252).
How old are Saint-Riquier’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Riquier?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Riquier?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Riquier?
€25,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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